One Des Moines flower shop takes pride in much more than holiday arrangements.

One Des Moines flower shop takes pride in much more than holiday arrangements.

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Updated: 10:27 PM CST Feb 12, 2016

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WEBVTT BUT AS KCCI'S RYAN SMITH REPORTS, ONE DES MOINES FLOWER SHOP TAKES PRIDE IN PRODUCING MUCH MORE THAN HOLIDAY ARRANGEMENTS. RYAN: FLOWER SHOPS ACROSS THE METRO PREPPING FOR HUNDREDS OF HOLIDAY ORDERS. KEVIN: OUR WORK IS OUR BEST FORM OF ADVERTISMENT. RYAN: FLOWERS BY ANTHONY HAS BEEN A SOUTHSIDE STAPLE FOR MORE THAN SIX DECADES. KEVIN: PUTTING A LITTLE ON THE OUTSID PETALS. RYAN: KEVIN FUNARO IS A SECOND-GENERATION OPERATOR OF THE FAMILY BUSINESS. KEVIN: IF YOU DON'T DO GOOD WORK, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET THE BUSINESS. RYAN: BUT IT'S NOT MOTHER NATURE'S CREATIONS HE'S MOST PROUD OF THESE DAYS. IT'S PRODUCTS HE'S DESIGNING, HIMSELF. KEVIN: I STARTED DOING THE ENGRAVING SIMPLY BECAUSE, TO ME, IT WAS JUST AN EXTENSION OF THE FLOWER EXCEPT FOR IT'S SOMETHING THAT CAPTURED A PERSON'S LIFE, AFTE THE MOMENT OF THEIR LIFE RYAN: FOR THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF, FUNARO HAS BEEN USING A HIGH-TECH LASER MACHINE TO ENGRAVE PERSONAL MEMORIAL TILES. OFTENTIMES, FOR CUSTOMERS' LOVED ONES, HE SAYS IT HELPS WITH THE FAMILY'S HEALING PROCESS. PRINTING PICTURES AND DATES ON MATERIALS LIKE MARBLE AND WOOD KURT: OH, I THINK ABOUT HIM EVERY DAY. HE'S ON MY MIND ALL THE TIME. RYAN: KURT PAULSEN'S SON, ZACHARY, WAS KILLED IN 2014 NEAR A CLIVE TRAIL. FLOWERS BY ANTHONY PRODUCED MULTIPLE WOOD ENGRAVINGS INCLUDING THIS REPLICATION OF ONE OF KURT'S FAVORITE PICTURES OF HIS SON KEVIN: IT WAS A VERY EMOTIONAL THING. BECAUSE WHEN HE PICKED IT UP, HE WELLED UP WITH TEARS. AND I WELLED UP WITH TEARS. BECAUSE IT'S ONE THING TO LOSE

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One Des Moines flower shop takes pride in much more than holiday arrangements.